Cancelled & Unreleased Video Games for the Commodore 64 Since 1999
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After the discovery of various bits and pieces which were created by Apex and that never saw the light of day, there remained a few demos which didn’t really tie into any particular GTW titles. So as the Rowland Brothers … Continue reading
Another rare sight from Apex Productions. While Creatures 2 was in development, there were a number of ideas thrown around, and one of them was this very demo. This was to be a Bonus Game within Creatures 2, where Clyde … Continue reading
Now for something a little different for GTW, as this special entry is more a Intro That Weren’t than a Game That Wasn’t. As you well know, the Rowlands were two famous C64 developers, creating the fab Creatures series and … Continue reading
A rather exciting sounding game comes in the form of Destruction Bros. A rather ambitious project aimed for the Cartridge format, possibly under Thalamus (Who never released anything on cartridge in the end). The game was to feature effects not … Continue reading
Right, something a little new and previously unseen by the makers of Creatures, Apex Productions. This is in fact a very very early preview of what eventually turned into “Creatures”. This was a test demo created to test some graphics … Continue reading
Already we have a few entries in GTW which are Apex based games, and here is another one. Not too much to say at present, apart from that this was a game being developed around 3 years before Creatures in … Continue reading
More from Apex, in the form now of H20…. a follow on from Destruction Bros which was cancelled. H20 was to be a far less violent game, swapping weapons for water pistols (see screenshot). The aim was to extinguish hundreds … Continue reading
Again from the Commodore Format diaries, another Apex title which fell by the way side. This time, Katapult Kidz, a two player horizontally scrolling arcade adventure based around schoolboys armed with catapults and causing general chaos. The characters were based … Continue reading
Any C64 user will know who and what Mayhem is. Rated as one of the best games ever made (Although contested by some people), Mayhem was planning a comeback briefly in a new outing called "Mayhem Deluxe". The Apex boys … Continue reading
More Apex, more unreleased works now in the form of Squish, a 4 way scrolling isometric squashing game. Possibly similar to Maze Mania, with the aim to squash creatures and have their blood change the colour of tiles. Apparently very … Continue reading
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